Hendrickson extends warranty on Steertek axle
Hendrickson announced the extension of the limited warranty on the Steertek truck and tractor steer axle to five years or 750,000 miles.
Shop productivity
Productivity in truck fleet maintenance operations is affected by many factors, including equipment choices, shop design and layout. In particular, the proper selection of lifts can have a significant impact.
Trailer Productivity: Corrosion Control
Durability. Cost. Image. Three main factors in fleet decisions about trailer specifications that are directly affected by a common enemy – corrosion. From the roofline to structural members, suspensions, axles, landing gear and upper-couplers, constant bombardment by moisture and debris – as well as exposure to road salts and other de-icing materials – makes specifying trailers for corrosion protection of utmost concern to fleet managers. Equally aware of the challenge are trailer, system and component manufacturers, who are addressing the problems caused by corrosion with new technologies and processes.
Kenworth adds steerable lift axle vocational models
Kenworth Truck Co. offers a new 13,200-pound steerable lift axle on selected Kenworth Class 8 vocational truck models for dump, mixer, heavy haul, logging and other vocational applications.
Workhorse relaunching FasTrack program
Workhorse Custom Chassis is relaunching its FasTrack program that provides integrated walk-in trucks under the Workhorse badge.
Lubrication on the go
Does the idea of improving vehicle availability intrigue you? Just a bit? Then how about improving vehicle availability while cutting your PM expenses? Getting a bit more interested? If you’d like to try it, you might consider spec’ing centralized lubrication systems when you next purchase vehicles.
Rotary Lift aims to increase productivity
Rotary Lift introduced a new line of heavy-duty four-post lifts to meet the needs of budget-conscious customers who want to improve shop productivity, the company said.
Holland introduces fifth wheel slider system
The Holland Group Inc. announced the release of its Integrated Low-Weight Slider (ILS) system, designed to reduce the weight of traditional fifth wheel/slider combos by up to 27 percent (151 pounds).
Steer axle family designed for fire, rescue market
Dana Corp.’s Commercial Vehicle Systems group introduced a new steer axle family designed to better meet the needs of fire and rescue vehicle manufacturers.
Workhorse enters new category with 16,000-pound chassis
Workhorse Custom Chassis has entered a new market with the introduction of a 16,000-pound GVWR version of its new W42 chassis.